Chapter 2-3 – The First Gacha

My heart started beating like crazy.

How should I accept this incredible phenomenon? It didn't matter whether the information about Lee Eunchae was correct or not.

'I just thought about it in my head and pressed it, but the real Lee Eunchae appears?'

Even as I was breathing heavily due to excitement, my eyes and hands naturally looked to the next thing.

Now, halfway there... No, over 90% thought this foolish app was real. Eventually, I started to believe it. 

This was completely different from the 'guess the number you think of' magic that was popular on the Internet in the past. How can I not believe this?

After having such faith, I now have a question about the content.

'Why is the favorability rating at 55?'

When I clicked on the favorability section, the words 'User favorability' and '55/100′ appeared. This is the level of favorability towards me, and I could see that the upper limit is 100.

But the figure was higher than expected. I have worked with Lee Eun-chae on group projects a couple of times, but other than that, we have no contact whatsoever.

For now, skip this part. Since I didn't know what the average level of favorability was between acquaintances, it was meaningless to think about it further.

"Remember this part well. After that… "

Meanwhile, the professor was working hard in class, but not a single word reached his ears. I no longer had any interest in the lecture.

It wasn't like I was strictly keeping my grades anyway, and there couldn't be anything more important than this app.

I ignored the lecture and went into the random gacha with high expectations.

This time, the [1st] Section and the [10th] Section were divided on both sides. Like other phone games, it seemed to be divided into simple stages and 10 stages.

"Ha."

At that moment, I covered my mouth and flinched from the laughter that escaped me without my knowledge.

This app said it would give rewards based on the sex and pleasure I initially entered. Even though I didn't know about sex, I was already feeling the pleasure.

If it ended up that I had been tricked by an app made as a joke, I would be devastated for at least a month, but for some reason, the feeling that it was real filled my heart.

I clicked the gacha once with high expectations. Then again, a notification message was displayed.

[System: We support the user's first gacha.]

[System: The basic reward is an N-grade card, and there is a low probability of obtaining R- to SSR-grade cards.]

[System: At each app level, you have a 100% chance to draw a card of SR grade or higher in the first gacha.]

[System: Would you like to use the free one-time gacha?]

I pressed 'yes' without thinking for a second.

At the same time, the light blinked, and a bright effect slowly began to emerge from the center of the screen. I laughed a little again when I saw that they even implemented a skip button in one corner.

And that moment.

"Oh?"

A brilliant purple light filled the screen. It was an effect that could be expected to be at least SR-grade or higher. First, they said they would give the SR or higher unconditionally.

A popping motion appeared on both sides of the screen, and as the light slowly faded, the shape of a square card began to appear.

I waited, barely able to calm my heart that felt like it was about to burst, and after a while, a purple card with the grade and name written in the middle of it caught my eye.

[SSR: Unchanging affection]

"Crazy!"

I cursed without realizing it, then quickly lowered my head and looked around. Fortunately, no one was interested in me. Because it's a lecture without close friends.

I looked at the card shining on the screen again. First of all, I was happy. I don't know what kind of card there are and how many, but anyway, it was an SSR, the highest grade card.

Giving an SSR card in one queue as a free bonus seemed like it would raise suspicions about the app again, but it happens sometimes in other phone games as well.

I touched the card, which was shaking and growing slightly bigger and smaller, as if telling me to press it quickly.

The target's favorability increases to 90, and then the minimum value is fixed at 90. It has priority over the effects of other cards, and its value is not lowered by N: Favorability cards.

A simple, intuitive explanation appeared in the text below the card.

I thought it was too simple compared to the highest rating, but on the one hand, I could understand that the favorability of others was fixed at a high value.

Moreover, I was also able to know that the basic normal card was a 'favorability card'.

Anyway, I was curious.

I wanted to immediately see what would happen if I used this. So, the moment I was about to enter [target information], I stopped.

'Experimenting with classmates... It's a bit of a burden.'

Ethical issues?

That didn't bother me at all. Now that I have this ability, wouldn't it be possible to use it on people around me?

It just took a little while to develop realistic human relationships.

At university, there were Lee Eun-chae's relationships, and there were mine. Moreover, we were second-year students, not first-year freshmen.

If Lee Eun-chae really falls in love with me because of this card, it would be a bit troublesome for her to deal with the aftermath of her suddenly changed feelings and relationship. I didn't know exactly how this would manifest.

In that sense, I wanted to conduct the experiment with strangers as much as possible. To do that, you need more advance points, so let's check how they accumulate.

So, with his legs shaking, he waited for an hour to pass quickly.

"This is the end of today's lecture."

– Jump!

As soon as the lecture ended, I got up from my seat and ran out of the classroom. There were more classes to take after that, but now was not the time.

He immediately walked around the university with a fire in his eyes. At the same time, he considered 'good deeds.' In the dictionary, it means good and benevolent behavior. For example, the volunteer work I have always done.

'I have a lot of connections and can do volunteer work whenever I want, but it is difficult right now.'

'But is it really necessary to be so impatient?'

Somehow, it didn't seem like it. It didn't make sense that it would be considered a good deed only if you volunteered for a big job and for a long time.

"Huh? Lee Seonha, where are you going? What about liberal arts and physics class?"

"If I listen to that today, my mental health will be shattered, so I'll pass."

"You know you can't borrow the notes, right? If it bounces, you will gets caught right away."

"I want to leave the little things to tomorrow's me."

"Crazy guy. Oh, that's right. Are you going to volunteer work this week?"

"I'm not going... No, no, I don't know. I might go."

"Really? Um… Well, good luck."

"Hey, wait a minute."

After exchanging greetings, I called back Kim Ji-hoon, a classmate of mine in the Department of Urban Sociology who I had tried to pass by.

And with a trembling heart, I showed the main UI screen of the Good Deed Gacha app.

"What do you see on the screen?"

"…? Is the screen shattered? I can't see any cracks."

"Not the mobile display. The text in screen.."

"It's a black screen, so what are we looking at? Light leak? There's no such thing."

"It's okay as long as you don't see it. And If there's anything I can do volunteer work with, please contact me."

"Thank you for that. But there is one more person besides me. Can there be two?"

"It's not a part-time job; it's volunteer work, so it's good to have a lot of hands."

'I don't know why I suddenly showed interest in volunteer work, but I made that promise anyway and broke up with Jihoon.'

My heart was pounding so hard that I felt like I was going to throw up. I wasn't the type of person to joke about not seeing something for no reason.

After gaining additional confidence in the app, I looked around intently and looked for people who seemed to need help. Near buildings rather than walking trails, focusing on professors and teaching assistants.

At the same time, when I saw trash on the street, I picked it up and threw it in the trash can. When I discarded a few and checked, there was no change in the advance points, but that was all I could do for now.

This is definitely a good deed.

After wandering around like that for about 10 minutes, I decided that it would be difficult to find someone who needed help here.

I thought it would be better to go around the subway station and help the elderly carry heavy luggage.

I had no intention of attending any more lectures today anyway, so when I left the university, I picked up the trash at the entrance and threw it away.

-DING

The smartphone vibrated. I checked right away out of anticipation.

[System: Acquire 1 advance point]

A message saying that points were earned appeared like an alarm.

"Of course. Even in small things, good deeds are good deeds, right?"

The corners of his mouth rose with a grin. At this level, it was not difficult to receive points.

Since it wasn't easy to find a situation where help was needed, the best thing to do right now was to collect points to experiment with this.

And there is usually a lot more trash thrown away on the streets than on university grounds.

"I need to clean all the trash."

***

While I was going home after running away from university, I didn't necessarily wander around looking for trash.

I threw away everything I saw on the way and then briefly helped an old woman who was having a hard time carrying heavy baggage on the subway.

That's all, but I was still 9 p.m. until I got home.

Even though the street looked clean, when I actually looked and scanned it, there was a lot of trash.

Roughly speaking, I have to pick up 20 pieces to get 1p, but how can I get 8p just by picking them up? I am tired of thinking how this app work..

And carrying the old grandmother's luggage from the bottom to the top of the stairs only gave him 1p. It was very generous compared to picking up trash.

'I thought maybe there were extra points for helping people.'

Since I was planning to leave my bag at home and come back anyway, I quickly returned to the one-room building where I live without feeling sorry for the 1p shortfall.

And when I reached the front of the building,.

In front of the entrance, a figure was seen squatting down and picking up scattered fruits and items.

"Well… What should I do with this?"

The combination of a tight-fitting knit and jeans looked familiar. She was the woman next door whom I saw this morning.

When he saw the torn plastic next to the non-woven shopping bag, he knew what was going on.

He quickly thought about points , so he quickly sat down next to her and picked up the items together.

"Huh?"

"I will help you."

"Thank you."

When I sat down and help her, she smiled warmly and said 'thank you', but funny enough, my lower body responded. Though I must admit that I'm smiling too.

The smile and warmth coming from her fierce-looking face—she was no joke.

Additionally, because she was sitting down there, her chest being pressed down by her knees was also very unique shight. The softness that felt like your fingers would get buried when you kneaded it was also visible on the clothes.

"You're on the third floor, right?"

I tried to look away and chat lightly. It's just that we haven't had an opportunity to talk until now, but it wasn't difficult to start a conversation.

Moreover, the existence of the app made my actions more proactive.

"That's right. you are the student next door to us, right?"

"Yes. I've seen you sometimes, but this is my first time saying hello."

"I guess so~"

I have done over 1,000 hours of volunteer work. During that time, I interacted with others a lot, and thanks to that, I was very good at roughly determining the line of conversation just by looking at the atmosphere.

Simply put, it means being quick-witted.

From my point of view, she didn't seem to have a very closed-minded personality, so I asked her a question in passing.

"Excuse me, but are you married? I think I've seen this handsome guy with you often, and he's in a really good mood every time I see him."

"Hehe... Yunho will like it when he hears it. He's my husband."

Even while picking up things, she is happy like a child when I praise her husband. Seeing that reaction that made even the viewer happy, bad thoughts began to creep up inside.

Of course, since this older sister lived too close, she was excluded from the experiment. Also, since she is a married woman, I am more cautious.

I stood up after confirming that nothing else had fallen around me.

"I'll carry you to the front of the house. Let's go up."

"I'm grateful; what should I do?"

"Thank you."

I am grateful that you helped me earn points. I don't think they'd give me 1p for this either.

We took the elevator and got off on the 3rd floor.

"I'll wait in front for a moment. Leave whatever you're holding first."

"Yes, I'll be out soon."

Since we had only talked for the first time today, even stepping foot in the front door could have felt like a burden.

So, while I was waiting in front of the door, the older sister went in, came back out, and took the fruits in my arms.

"Would you like an apple? This is all I can give you."

"No, it's okay. Um… We've already talked about it, so I'll say 'hello' when I see you later."

"Hehe, that's right. It's been a while since I saw my neighbor . I'm Joo-young."

"Oh, my name is Seonha Lee. I'm twenty-one this year."

"I'm jealous of you being young."

"Hey, sister too." "Is it okay if I call you sister?"

"It's okay~ but O will also call you my little brother... Hehe."

This older sister must have been a little bored, and she wanted to hold me and talk to me, so we naturally exchanged our contact info.

Though he introduced himself first, which she appreciated, I didn't know she would say it in full. For the sake of the future, getting to know one another beforehand was usually preferable.

So we stood in the hallway and talked about small things. There was a considerable age difference, and she had a friendly personality, so she naturally started talking to me.

"I guess you got married early? I really don't see you over 30."

"Wow, it's already been 4 years?"

"Four years? Wow… But you moved here in the middle of last year, right? Why did you move into a studio apartment?"

"We won the subscription, and we're moving in next year. There was uncertainty about extending the contract for the rental house we lived in before, so we came here temporarily."

"I see… Oh, I'm really sorry for asking such a rude question. I was really curious."

"Hehe, no, that could be true. It's nice that the room here is spacious."

The more we chatted, the more I wanted to touch Gayoung, who was showing off her big breasts in front of me. The way her breasts swayed slightly with each breath was infinitely fascinating.

I could barely suppress the urge to use my card on this older sister right away. But he didn't need to be in a hurry.

All the things I had vaguely imagined, I could think about again after the test I was about to do.

"Then I'll just leave. I have an appointment."

"I'm sorry for holding you back for so long. Thank you for helping me. See you next time."

"Yes, sister. Next time, please introduce me to your brother. "Your husband?"

"Okay, hehe."

Then he went into the house, threw down his bag, and came out again.

[System: Acquire 1 advance point]

The message on my smartphone made me smile.